Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-13
THE REPUBLICANS.
They Have a Pow-WOw in
New York.
BLAINE WRITES A LETTER
John Shern an Does Not Attend
but Sends q Message to
the Faithful.

Special TO the Herald bythe Associated Press
New YORK, February l2.--The first
annual dinner of the Republican Club Of
New York, on the anniversary Of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln, was held at
Delmonico's tonight, with about 275
more or less well.known Republicans
present, including Senators Hawley.
Harrison and Aldrich, Governor Oglesby
CT Illinois, Governor Foraker, of Ohio,
Governor Lounsberry, of Connecticut,
Senator.eIect Hiscock and ex Governor
Foster, of Ohio. The list of toasis was
as follows: The Republican Club OF the
city of New York, President James
Foster; Abraham Lincoln, Joseph R.
Hawley; The Empire State. Senator
elect Hiscock; the Republican party,
Governor Foraker;R ;Reform Of Party with
in Party, Senator Harrison; Young Men
in politics, Chauncey NJ. Depew; war
Gov. Oglesby; Republican
clubs as means OF party organization,
E. L. Bartlett; A tariff for protection,
Galusha A. Grow; civil service reform,
Henry Cabot Lodge; Our Legislature,
Speaker Hustled. Mr.. Blaine had been
Q ,pected to respond to toast of Abra-
b I'M Lincoln, but at the last moment
sent letter of regret. The speaking
continued until o late hour.
Blaine, in his letter of regret, said,
after referring to the anniversary and
paying a tribute to Washington and
Lincoln as two immortal names in
American history: "Your club meets
10 do honor to MIR. Lincoln as Repub.
lican. 1t was the Republican party that
gave Mr.. Lincoln to the nation and sus-
tanned him step by step through his
extraordinary career. A celebration of
Mr.. Linculn's name is celebration of
the Republican party. To that party
he was sincerely attached; to its princi-
Piles he was entirely devoted; In
its success he found q victorious
issue of every great policy of which he
was himself the personal exponent. The
Republican party makes no attempt 10
narrow the possession of name that is
IGCCRuiLSu OLl I'LL CCntAAChvo aho tAus
y i'll last through all centuries that be.
longs to humanity, but the political
organization which supported Mr.. Lin.
coin has right to claim the prestige of
his name as it continues the labor in the
neld where he wrought until the har.
vest of his planting shall be gathered
and garnered.
Senator John Sherman wrote that
pressing business in the Senate pre-
vented his presence at the banquet, aud
added: II sincerely regret this, for l
would like in person to m Ike an earn.
est appeal to the Republicans of New
York to forget the divisions of
the past and unite with their
brethren north and south in developing
a like public policy in the future as ben.
eficial to our country as were the great
achievements of our party in the past
thirty years. We are not in power to-
day because we are not united. 1t is
the division of Republicans in New
York that has made it possible for the
Democratic party to hold the great office
successfully filled by Lincoln, Grant,
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur. We have
tried change and what has been the re.
suit? Discord and party unable to
agree upon a line of foreign and
domestic policy; divided upon the tar.
iff; hopelessly at sea on all financial
questions; obsequious in its foreign re.
lations; distinguished only for the
marked prominence it has given to Con-
federate soldiers in foreign courts, and
now, with its term of Office half spent,
the House of Representatives, Demo-
cratic bya large majority, is unable to
formulate single measure OF political
Importance upon which it can agree
with q Democratic President. Sure
ly the time has arrived when
the Republican party should again
assume its great mission. The time is
opportune. Under the operation of
laws placed on the statute books by
Republican administrations, taxes are so
levied as to produce an overfowing rev.
enue without serious burden on the
people. We are at liberty to choose
between reducing our revenues and ex.
pending our surplus in great and bsnifi.
cent objects of national desire. We can
combine two lines of public policy.
We could readily reduce tax on sugar
while giving encouragement to dometlc
products in the form of bounty. We
could repeal or reduce our taxes that do
not tend to encourage or protect domes-
tic productions. We could commence
and establish system of coast de-
fenses that would guard the great arteries
of our commerce. We could place our
navy sgain in condition to be respect
ed and renew our participation in for
eign commerce. We could authorize
our citizens to build new routes of COM
munication across the continent and
protect them in their rights. We
could, with our added strength and
wealth, give assistance and encourage
ment to oil American republics founded
upon our example. We could make
suitable commercial arrangements with
our neighbor, the Dominion of Canada,
and thus avoid all future con.
troversy about the rights of our
people to fish in American waters,
and in this way by gradual
measures knit and mould the interests
and desires of our neighbors with our
own."
Letters Of regret were also read from
Gepl. Sherman, Genl. Sheridan, Robt.
T. Lincoln. Hannibal Hamlin, Senator
Evarts and Warner.
A Vessel In Distress.